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  1. Spruce Pirate
    You would think. But my experience suggests that it is actually easier to spend £000's and remove the trees than to stick a dish on the end of a 10' pole! It was good work right enough, but common sense didn't seem to enter into it.
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    Up here we apply to SEPA, so presume its Environment Agency down south. One license per business, you can request as many ID cards (credit card size) as you like, for £5 each I think, then keep one in each vehicle. Don't think you have to carry the ID cards though if its only green waste, but not totally sure, might be different in England anyway.
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    I assumed there would be something, otherwise polis and Vosa would be queing up every time a show moved. Thanks for the information, satisfys my curiosity.
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    There seeems to be a lot of knowledge on here regarding towing and the law. I watched the circus on the move tonight, they seemed to have quite a few rigs towing double drags, ie a unit towing a trailer with a further trailer hitched on to the back. I always thought that this was illegal in this country, unless 1st trailer is hitched via a fixed link such as 3-point linkage. Can anyone enlighten me further? Is it a special circus rule?
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    One of the boys got one about a month ago, has quite a lot of trouble starting when hot. Not sure of cause. Not been looked at by dealer yet.
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    I thought it was only 5% to domestic end users, if a commercial end user (for example a pub) it would be 20%? Anyone know any different?
  7. Spruce Pirate
    Are helmets VAT exempt as well?
  8. Spruce Pirate
    Yes, in whatever form - pole length, discs for self splitting, split, green, seasoned, by the bag, by the trailer load - if someone wants to buy it I'll sell it.
  9. Spruce Pirate
    I spent the afternoon working with a still saw (disc cutter, or whatever its called). Found myself doing the exact same thing with the phantom chainbrake everytime. Nice to know I'm not the only one.
  10. Spruce Pirate
    Ooops, I read back, instead of black, thought you were on about sign-writing.
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    Glasses all the way, can be a pain when they get dirty or if it's really wet, but they also help keep saw chips out of your eyes. Don't like the thought of poking around in my eyes for lenses and nowhere near brave enough for the laser surgery. Also I'm not that blind, so if they do get wet/dirty/steamed up I can function without them.
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    We normally use a sticker kit from the interweb for signwriting the Landrover, not sure how well this would work on an ifor thought as it's not smooth.
  13. Spruce Pirate
    Someone should tell NPTC.
  14. Spruce Pirate
    Husky 254, a bit tired now, but still runs and works occassionally if there's a problem with the other saws.
  15. Spruce Pirate
    I only do logs as a by product, but sales well down over this winter. I put it down to mild winter and people having easy access to wind fall due to all the winds. I've spoken to two other suppliers recently, they both said sales well down on last, and previous, years.
  16. Spruce Pirate
    Quite agree, 346 with 13" bar is fantastic. Best combination has to be: small saw 13"/15" bar, medium saw 18"-24" bar, large saw 24" - 30" bar, HUGE saw 36"+ bar, plus climbing saw 10-14" bar. You can never have too many saws.
  17. Spruce Pirate
    While scrolling through all the posts on this has been very entertaining... I'm confused. If consent is being sought for a thinning, then surely the competent, and relevant authority is the FC, not a LA? LA would only be a consultee to FC on a felling license application. Am I wrong? Never heard of the contractor being a condition of approval. Thinning would be silviculture, not arboriculture therefore what has AA to do with it, as stated somewhere in previous posts FCA would be a more relevant body.
  18. Spruce Pirate
    Used to sell very similar for £70. Watch the weight though, you'll find the springs very flat with a full load in.
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    I'm going to break the mould here. I left home, went to university, hated it, left as a result, got a job in the woods, and haven't looked back since. Since leaving uni I've been back to college, completed the course which was right for me and continued a career with trees. I can understand those who say stick with it, but, if it REALLY isn't the right thing for you then you have to consider your options. It's a brave choice either way as I see it. If you're living with the right woman, what does she say? At 21 you've still got time to go into something else if you choose, but it does get more difficult the older you get. Not sure if this is any help, think long and hard which ever choice you make.
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    Could be. Get underneath and check for movement at either end of the propshafts. If its really bad you may be able to see its failed. You might get a shudder through the steering wheel if its the front prop, or under accelaration in either case. At least if it is a UJ its a relatively cheap straightforward repair.
  21. Spruce Pirate
    Short answer, yes. Depends on the circumstances though, moss won't dull it as much as dust, dust not as much as dirt etc, but even different types of moss can cause different degrees of damage. No good on species I'm afraid, but thin, wispy feathery mosses will only cause a very gradual dulling, probably not noticable after one tree, thicker heavier mosses can cause an instantly noticable effect. Felled the edge off a quarry last year to allow for expansion, sharpening all the time, trees were full of muck from previous blasting. Outsides were filthy, just about made you cringe putting the saw into them, but even cleaning them off the first couple of inches of wood were noticably dirty.
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    They never seem to last long, I would guess I get about a year out of them, maybe not quite, normally just change both if the prop shaft is off anyway. Constant use on dirt roads and fields, plus towing puts added strain on them, seems to knacker them pretty quick. Farmers and other contractors I've spoken to seem to have the same problem.
  23. Spruce Pirate
    Started off subbying with an Austin Ambassador and a load of borrowed kit. Now worked up to a 110, several trailers, saws, trimmer, blower..... the list goes on and on (worrying part is the shopping list never gets any smaller).
  24. Spruce Pirate
    This may be getting off topic, but.... Are we confident for the future? A lot of negative replies on this - not a critisism, I would mostly agree there are a lot of firms chasing the same amount of work and a lot of newly qualified cutters and climbers with limited experience. Point being if the experinced guys are hoovering up all the work who replaces them when they retire / fall out of a tree? Perhaps I should have started a new thread - could go for hours on this.
  25. Spruce Pirate
    Yes, you're right. Must remember that! I'm pretty sure that as a general rule you would round down, fairly certain this applies to log measurements. All of a sudden what I learned at college seems a long time ago. The best rule would seem to be, if in doubt - check the blue book.

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